A Smart Alternative to RISE with SAP: A Point of View for CIOs Navigating What Comes Next

If you’re running SAP ECC, Business Suite or on‑premises S/4HANA, you’re not imagining the rising pressure. SAP’s own lifecycle policy brings mainstream maintenance for ECC and Business Suite products to an end between 2025 and 2027, with S/4HANA approaching similar deadlines shortly after — pushing many organizations toward the costly Customer‑Specific Maintenance program with reduced […]

SAP S/4HANA 2602 Decoded: What the Release Reveals about SAP Innovation

CIOs are no strangers to ambiguity, as constant technology shifts, evolving board expectations and unrelenting pressure to modernize are all part of the job. But few developments have triggered more confusion than SAP S/4HANA 2602 — the February 2026 update delivered exclusively to SAP Cloud ERP Public customers. What’s fueling the uncertainty isn’t the release […]

Sybase ASE 16.0: The Quiet Giant Facing End of Mainstream Maintenance

For decades, Sybase ASE 16.0 has been the database enterprises trust when failure isn’t an option. High-volume telecom switches. Real-time trading and clearing systems. Mission-critical clinical workloads. Intelligence systems that never sleep. These are purpose-built, high-concurrency applications that demand absolute reliability—and ASE has delivered, often with uptime measured in years, not nines. Now mainstream maintenance […]

Why CIOs Are Rethinking Oracle EBS Upgrades and Choosing a Smarter Path to Innovation

Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) is the steady pulse of enterprise operations. For CIOs, it anchors financial precision, supply chain flow and HR reliability. The 2025 CIO Oracle EBS Market Puls confirms its strength: 83% of respondents affirm EBS as important to their business, with nearly all reporting consistent value. In short, it delivers quietly and […]